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Kimmo Timonen is 39 and has played in the NHL since 1998. So over the summer when Timonen was back in his home country of Finland and in a hospital being treated for blood clots in his lungs and his right calf, it would have been easy for him to call it a career facing such a health scare. But as Timonen consulted with doctor after doctor, he wasn't about to quit hockey without getting one last chance to win a Stanley Cup. Now, Timonen has it after the Blackhawks traded two draft picks, a second-round selection in the 2015 entry draft and a conditional fourth-rounder in 2016, to acquire him from the Flyers. "Let's say I won a Stanley Cup before, I probably...

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Kimmo Timonen is 39 and has played in the NHL since 1998.
So over the summer when Timonen was back in his home country of Finland and in a hospital being treated for blood clots in his lungs and his right calf, it would have been easy for him to call...

TAMPA — Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman got his man — or at least one of them.
The Hawks acquired four-time NHL All-Star Kimmo Timonen on Friday night in exchange for two draft picks, bolstering a defense that has been shaky at times this season....

NEW YORK -- The NHL has fined the Philadelphia Flyers for violating the collective bargaining agreement by traveling during a holiday break.
The league did not disclose the amount of the fine Sunday.
Players are barred from traveling or practicing...

TORONTO -- Rob Blake, Peter Forsberg, Dominik Hasek and Mike Modano were among those inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.
Joining the four players in the 2014 class is the late Pat Burns, who was enshrined as a coach in the builder...

Pat Quinn, a longtime NHL coach who twice reached the Stanley Cup Final, has died at age 71, officials said Monday.
Quinn died Sunday night at Vancouver General Hospital after a year of declining health, said officials from the Vancouver Giants, a junior...

The deeper the Blackhawks got into the season, the more coach Joel Quenneville was asked when backup goaltender Antti Raanta would start a game.
"Everybody was asking, 'When are you going to play Antti? When is Antti going to play?'"...

The Chicago Blackhawks will be without starting goaltender Corey Crawford when they face the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night at the United Center.
Antti Raanta will make his first appearance of the season while Crawford sits out with what coach Joel...

TV/radio: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; CSN, WGN-AM 720.
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Patrick Sharp hadn't been with the Blackhawks long before Duncan Keith hung the nickname "Shooter" on the forward.
It was 2005 and Sharp had just joined the Hawks via a trade with the Flyers when he was given the moniker. He's been living up to...

Chris Pronger is joining the NHL's Department of Player Safety while is still technically under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.
The news was confirmed Thursday after reports circulated that the former defenseman was joining the league office....

The Blackhawks agreed to terms with forward Daniel Carcillo on a one-year contract Saturday.
The 2013 Stanley Cup champion had four goals and 10 assists with a plus-11 rating in 51 regular-season games with the Hawks from 2011-13. He added one assist...

The Ducks will be joined at practice Friday in Anaheim by Hilary Knight, a two-time U.S. Olympic silver-medaling women’s hockey player who contributed three goals and six points in February’s Winter Games in Sochi.
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Patrick Kane raced into the offensive zone and let loose with shot that pulled the Blackhawks back from the brink of disaster and pushed them forward with a full head of steam in their first-round NHL playoff series against the Blues.
The winger scored...

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The goaltender was, however, perhaps the second-to-last person to touch the puck that gave the Hawks their first championship in...